The Computational Methods for Spatially
Realistic Microphysiological Simulations 2015
workshop will be held from April 27th-29th at the
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. The application
deadline is Monday, April 1st. More information is
available from the MMBioS
workshop page and our flyer
(PDF).

MCell and CellBlender development
is supported by the NIGMS-funded (P41GM103712)
Multiscale Modeling of Biological Systems (MMBioS) Center
established by the Department of Computational and
Systems Biology at the University of Pittsburgh,
the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, the
Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk
Institute and Carnegie Mellon University.

The tutorials
are the best way to learn about using MCell and
CellBlender for new users. If you have a question
about using MCell and CellBlender, feel free to ask
it on our forums.

For all publications that make use of MCell, we ask
that you the include the following acknowlegement:
MCell development is supported by the
NIGMS-funded (P41GM103712) National Center for
Multiscale Modeling of Biological Systems
(MMBioS)
Also, please cite these three papers:

Cells are tightly packed with structures and molecules that
carry out the day-to-day operations of living. Understanding how
cellular design dictates function is essential to understanding
life and disease, in the brain, heart, or elsewhere. MCell
(Monte Carlo cell) is a program that uses spatially realistic 3-D
cellular models and specialized Monte Carlo algorithms to
simulate the movements and reactions of molecules within and
between cellscellular microphysiology.

Model design, editing, and visualization are
integral to microphysiological simulations.
CellBlender is an addon for Blender 2.6-2.7x
that allows users to create computational cell
biology models for use in MCell. In
addition, it is used to visualize MCell
simulation results, including the locations and
states of participating meshes and molecules.